Don Chiswell-History Lectures Stamford Arts Centre The New World

Don Chiswell-History Lectures Stamford Arts Centre

The New World

The colonisation of North America by the English during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries would change the course of history. From the time of Sir Walter Raleigh’s ill fated settlement at Roanoke Virginia to the establishment of the 13 colonies which were to become the United States, English colonists strove to create a ‘New England’ in the New World.

Wed 22 Apr 7.30pm

Don Chiswell-History Lectures Stamford Arts Centre Valkyrie - The Plot to Kill Hitler

Don Chiswell-History Lectures Stamford Arts Centre

Valkyrie - The Plot to Kill Hitler

The plot of July 1944 led by Von Stauffenberg was one
of many attempts to assassinate Hitler.

Who were the plotters and what were their motives?
Why did the plot fail? Why was British intelligence
opposed to Hitler’s assassination?

Wed 25 Mar 7.30pm

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Stamford
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Don Chiswell-History Lectures Stamford Arts Centre Leonardo Da Vinci

Don Chiswell-History Lectures Stamford Arts Centre Leonardo Da Vinci

The archetype of the Renaissance Man, polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal.

Wed 25 Feb 7.30pm

Stamford Arts Centre
27 St Mary's Street
Stamford
Lincs.
PE9 2DL

Box Office

Call 01780 763203

Email boxoffice@stamfordartscentre.com
Web www.stamfordartscentre.com

Opening Hours Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 8pm